On weekends, the Zoo may experience high attendance. For your safety and guest experience, the Zoo may need to limit parking once the lots are full. We typically reopen the parking lots once guests start leaving and spaces open. Check on our social media or website for up-to-date information on parking status. Read our tips for visiting.
Keepers do many things to create a novel and enriching habitat for cougars. They may add brush piles, plants, areas of shade, and climbing structures. Keepers can also rearrange the “furniture” (logs, rocks, shelters) within the habitat. Placing scents in the habitat encourages the cougars to explore.
This species is cooperatively managed as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Plan program program. This program is responsible for developing a Breeding and Transfer Plan for each species in the program.